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Appointment of New Chief Executive Officer
Appointment of New Chief Executive Officer.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 0851W Connect Group PLC 30 July 2018 \n\n \n30 July 2018\n \nThis announcement contains inside information\n \nConnect Group PLC\n \n('Connect Group', 'the Company' or 'the Group')\n \nAppointment of new Chief Executive Officer\n \nConnect Group, a leading specialist distributor, is pleased to announce the following changes to the Board: \n \nNew Chief Executive Officer\n \nJozef (Jos) Opdeweegh has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, starting with the Company and joining the Board on 1 September 2018.\n \nJos started his career in the financial services industry and worked in a number of senior finance positions. Following a short period as the Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director for Europe, in 2000 Jos became the Chief Executive Officer of syncreon, a global provider of logistics services to the automotive and technology industry. In 2008, he was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of Americold Realty Trust, the world's largest logistics provider for frozen and temperature controlled food products. From 2012 to 2015, Jos led the carve-out and subsequent sale of Caterpillar Logistics Services (now known as Neovia Logistics) during which period he was also a non-executive director of Interline Brands. In April 2016, Jos was Chief Executive Officer and Board Director of Premier Farnell PLC, a FTSE listed specialized high service distributor of technology products, until its sale to Avnet Inc. in October of the same year.\n \nLooking forward to his new role, Jos Opdeweegh said:\n \n\"This is an exciting time to be joining the Group. With two strong brands and a leading position in each of our markets there is every opportunity to drive an improvement in performance and establish a strategy that delivers value for all stakeholders.\"\n \nMark Cashmore, current Chief Executive Officer \n \nAs announced on 13 June 2018, current Chief Executive Officer, Mark Cashmore, will be stepping down from his role and the Board to pursue new opportunities. Mark will stand down from the Board on 31 August 2018 but will remain with the Company for a short period of time to ensure a smooth and orderly handover to Jos. \n \nMark has been Chief Executive of the Group since its inception in 2006 as an independent news...